#GiveMateoBack TWITTERSTORM
From Alex Mensing of the University of San Francisco Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic:
As many of you have heard, one of the members of the most recent Refugee Caravan was separated from his one-year-old son by ICE & CBP after crossing the border to request asylum. José, the dad, is now in Otay Mesa alongside three other fathers who were separated from their kids. Carlos’ 12-year-old son, Eric’s 3-year-old son, and Walter’s 5-year-old daughter were taken from them and sent to ORR.
We CANNOT stand for this. Our message to Central Americans fleeing violence cannot be “if you come here we will destroy your families.” It must be “we will stand with you as you pursue your dream of safety, dignity, and life.”
Help us spread the word and keep the pressure up, demanding that they reunite all the families NOW and liberate them immediately! As José told us yesterday:
“on this Thanksgiving Day, I can only say: Equality, Reunification, and Freedom!”
#GiveMateoBack TWITTERSTORM!!!
Saturday, 11/25, 1pm-2pm PST / 4pm – 5pm EST
Use hashtag: #GiveMateoBack
Use link to petition: goo.gl/eWfqPi
Use link to video: https://twitter.com/netargv/
Tweet at: @KamalaHarris @DemocracyNow @amnestyusa @ICE_gov & whoever else you want!
Follow #GiveMateoBack and RT everyone else!
Have fun!
Tip: Go to Twitter.com and search for #GiveMateoBack and set the view to “Latest” instead of “Top” and you will see all the tweets by everyone else on our team, so you can retweet them. It helps to Quote the tweet and start conversations, tweeting back and forth at each other
Sample Tweets:
Learn about Jose, the refugee whose 1-y/o son was taken away from him by @ICE_gov. Video: https://twitter.com/netargv/
Help free Salvadoran refugee Jose and get his 1-year-old son Mateo back! Sign petition: goo.gl/eWfqPi & watch amazing video by @netargv: https://twitter.com/netargv/
ICE took this man’s 1-y/o infant and put his dad in immigration prison! #GiveMateoBack! VIDEO: https://twitter.com/netargv/
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